Some people know Caladiums as a houseplant. Others recognize Caladiums as a colorful, leafy plant that brightens up the shady areas of their yard. However you recognize them, these plants are popular among home gardeners indoors or out. Growing Caladium plants is easy.
Tularemia is an epizootic infection caused by Francisella tularensis (19). Any age, sex, or race is universally susceptible to infection (12, 28, 52). Tularemia is primarily a disease of wild animals that is transmitted to humans by a contaminated environment or ectoparasites.rancisella tularensis is the etiologic agent of tularemia and, with rare exception, the only disease produced by this genus. The organism is a small, Gram-negative, pleomorphic, nonmotile, nonspore-forming coccobacillus measuring 0.2 x 0.2 to 0.7 mm.
True elephantiasis, or elephantiasis filariensis, is most often caused by a slender threadlike filarial parasite, Wuchereria bancrofti, which enters the lymphatic system, causing an obstruction to drainage.The filaria larvae are transmitted by mosquitoes or flies that carry blood infected with them.rue elephantiasis, or elephantiasis filariensis, is most often caused by a slender threadlike filarial parasite, Wuchereria bancrofti, which enters the lymphatic system, causing an obstruction to drainage.